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diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc index e27a9dc..0ae32c3 100644 --- a/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc @@ -97,12 +97,28 @@ \o mingw32-make 3.80.0-3 \endlist + \note For users of the MinGW binary package: This package is now + based on MinGW 4.4. The installer no longer offers to download + MinGW for you, but rather offers to use a version of MinGW that + you already have installed on your machine. You just tell the + installer which directory MinGW is installed in. If you don't + already have MinGW 4.4 installed, you can download a .zip archive + from our \l{ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/misc/MinGW-gcc440_1.zip} {ftp + site}. This archive provides fixes to MinGW and support for + missing API, See the _patches directory in the archive for + details. + + \note A MinGW installation is only needed to build against the + binary pacakge, not to run the pre-compiled binaries that are in + the package. + \section2 GCC 4.0.0 - The released package of the compiler has some bugs that lead to miscompilations. - We recommend using GCC 4.0.1 or later, or to use a recent CVS snapshot of the - GCC 4.0 branch. The version of GCC 4.0.0 that is shipped with Mac OS X 10.4 - "Tiger" is known to work with Qt for Mac OS X. + The released package of the compiler has some bugs that lead to + miscompilations. We recommend using GCC 4.0.1 or later, or to use + a recent CVS snapshot of the GCC 4.0 branch. The version of GCC + 4.0.0 that is shipped with Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" is known to work + with Qt for Mac OS X. \section2 HP-UX |